Writer. Excitable. 📗FRGS Getting lost on purpose. ツ https://linktr.ee/merrynwaltershttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mlddx5omhk2kWhat a day for the nation.08 May 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlddx5omhk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3ml6coywblc26Unbelievable. @thetimes.com here, proving irony is dead.06 May 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6coywblc26https://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3meccm2uxos2lApropos the recent @WeHaveWaysPod series, the film of Sink the Bismarck is a constant, smashing reminder of men and map rooms. Affinity with the situation at a distance, decision-making in context, correlation on a small scale and horrendous decisions. Maps, eh.07 Feb 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3meccm2uxos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mdnfqqsx3s2zHeld this map for real yesterday, and was totally thrown by it. Soviet gulag network, as experienced by two Polish officers: Sylvester Mora and Pierre Zwierniak. Included in a book of first-hand accounts ~ SprawiedliwośćSowiecka ~ published in 1945.30 Jan 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnfqqsx3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mdijxwsjic2vIf I won the lottery, there would be signs. One of those signs would be a Bellerby Globe, with WW2 campaigns. Just puttin' that out there. In the cosmos, as it were. [Note to self: also buy lottery ticket.]28 Jan 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdijxwsjic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mdiddycwv22bAgreed - another belter-banger from @nmtdambusters.bsky.social, and more than deserving of a wee map. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiddycwv22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mdggbw45f225Day of days. Below, part of the map approved by SS-Sturmbannführer Max Jesuiter, Chief of Staff, Warsaw SS - the basis on which boundaries for the ghetto were agreed.27 Jan 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdggbw45f225https://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mczxatilr22tI am genuinely intrigued, and keen to monitor the way in which future historians handle this travesty of recollection and tragedy of public, cognitive decline. This chapter’s going to be called “When America Played Its Worst Trump Card.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczxatilr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mcuzc6klnk2yStill fizzing. FIZZING. Been looking for this for years, let alone at an affordable price. My unsolicited advice to anyone, everyone really, is to never eschew the opportunity for getting down on your hands and knees in the far, back room of a rarely visited bookshop.20 Jan 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuzc6klnk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mcs36kwfts25Got lost and was getting irritated in Essex, and then spotted a Merlin Way, a Lancaster Close, a Wellington Road, a Blenheim Way - and then I thought …. hmmm. 🤔 Turns out, it was North Weald airfield, once home to the Historic Flight, predecessors to @RAFBBMF - et al.19 Jan 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcs36kwfts25https://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mcmrja4yhc2cStiffkey rush hour.17 Jan 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmrja4yhc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mc5wqhvpsk2d#MappingHistory Fwiw, part of 2026 involves chipping in with a bit more context on epic maps. Such as a bit of background about the Gallery of Maps, in the Vatican. It’s stunning, and it’s based on work done by Egnatio (Ignazio) Danti: 🧵11 Jan 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5wqhvpsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mc5c5gz2j22oIt's fine. It's still 10 days until 21st Jan - the anniversary of 4 US nukes going down on Greenland in 1968 and only 3 getting fully recovered - so that's plenty of time for *everyone* at @foxnews-mun-1.bsky.social to get a pep-talk on pronouncing 'Narssarssuk'. AMS: Greenland 1:500,000, 1944.11 Jan 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5c5gz2j22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mc55n3xah22yMapmakers will change the word ‘Iran’ for free, but should get triple time if updates need doing to ‘Greenland ’ or ‘Venezuela’.11 Jan 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc55n3xah22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mc3nrd46h22aOne of the best little parking spots in London, that. £16, for eight hours. @RGS_IBG, 100m away. Always got two coppers on duty, and usually has 412 hard nuts on the balcony too.10 Jan 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3nrd46h22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mc3hm2xwgc2dBeen waiting for this one to pop up. 😊 Greenland. Coloured in, as part of the ‘Technate of America map’. As shown in July 1940 issue of ‘official magazine of Technocracy Inc.’ And here’s the twist: Elon Musk’s maternal grandfather - Joshua Haldeman - was a prominent member of Technocracy Inc.10 Jan 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3hm2xwgc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mbz7ess2v22e🫶 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz7ess2v22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mbz73psyrs2eThe ‘P.A.M’ map gets a lot of air time, but rarely with an explanation. So here goes. “Die Unionisierung Mitteleuropas!” was a 24-page German-language pamphlet, published a year after the Treaty of Versailles was agreed (1920). It included this infamous map. 🧵09 Jan 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz73psyrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/merrynwalters.uk/post/3mbwquzpsrc24A propaganda map showing the US as a colonial outpost of Germany and the Central Powers. The map appeared on the front cover of Life Magazine on February 10, 1916.08 Jan 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:csxfbkrvs6vtb3i6lwehsg3j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwquzpsrc24